NCJ Number
40889
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
CASSETTE TAPE SERIES REVIEWS THE FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, STARTING WITH THE BRITISH COMMON LAW AND EARLY LEGAL MINDS.
Abstract
THIS PRESENTATION BEGINS BY EXAMINING THE ROOTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN OLD ENGLAND. THE TAPES EXPLAIN THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO IT BY THE VARIOUS KINGS AND NOBLES. THERE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE DERIVATION OF THE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON THE CAUSES OF CRIME. THE PENOLOGISTS AND EARLY CRIMINOLOGISTS ARE IDENTIFIED. PART OF THE PRESENTATION DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROBATION AND PAROLE SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE FORERUNNERS OF MODERN-DAY INVESTIGATION AND POLICE METHODS. THE WORK OF NEARLY EVERY PIONEER IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE--SUCH AS SIR ROBERT PEALE, JOHN AUGUSTUS, HENRY FIELDING, AND JOHN MARSHALL--IS DISCUSSED....BDS